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The Greentown Gem - 1931-03-19

The Greentown Gem – 1931-03-19 - Page 1

Yung Jakey Moss iz wundirin whut
berkaim uv er fawlse tuth uv hissen.
Hee doant no whethir he swallered
itt or sknezd itt oute, er whethir he
snord itt erwa whin he wuz sleepin
— but bee knoze itz goane fer shure.
Jakey owt knot ter he y enny trubil
wid wroastin yearz.
Marshul Garut iz non wreddy fer
his bachelure degree inn kuking. He
burnt upp tow knise messis uv syde
wribz whyl his wyfe wuz eras tuthir
weke— kno wundir Manda gott er tel-umgrame
ter kum bak att wunce, de
shickenz hey de wroupe.
Hainte wee gott fun— stait turns-mint
en non basebawl— en Marche
actin up sumpthin terribul. Houevir
we kin wrest inn ease nou dat de leg-uslashure
hez kwit.
QUARTERLY ASSOCIA-TION
AT FAIRFIELD
Separate Baptists To Hold One Hun-dred
and Twelfth Session on
March 29 and 30
SESSION TO OPEN SATURDAY
MORNING AT 10: 00 O'CLOCK
With Fine Program Outlined For the
Two- Day Meeting— R. 0. McCoy
and Harry Case to Preaeh
The one hundred and twelfth Quar-terly
Association of the Separate
Baptist in Christ will be held with
the Fairfield Church on Saturday and
Sunday, March 29 and 30. A fine pro-gram
has been outlined for the meet-ing,
as follows: •
Vrot- ning 9es5 iOn'
10: 00 Song Congregation
10: 10 Devotional Edd Eads
10: 20 Song Congregation
10: 30 Address of Welcome
Edd Snringer
10: 45 Prayer and Praise Meeting
Grant Morris
11: 40 Selection of Place of Next
Quarterly Meeting.
11: 55 Appointment of Committees.
12: 00 Adjournment ( Dinner at the
church.)
Afternoon Session
1 : 30 Song Congregation
1: 35 Devotional W. D. Peters
_ Mr. and Mrs. Glen Nephew
2: 00 Roll Call and Offering of the
Churches.
2: 15 Unfinished Business, New
Business, Roll Call of MM-isters
and Election of Offi-cers.
2: 30 Report of Committees.
2: 40 Reading Alice McNew
2: 50 Sermon Bro. Briggs
4: 00 Adjournment.
7: 00 Song
: 00 sonSess ion
Congregation
7: 15 Devotional Bro. Collins
7: 20 Song Quarette
7: 30 Sermon Glen Nephew
8: 00 Communion and Feet Wash-ing.
Sunday Morning Session
10: 30 Sermon R. 0. McCoy
Sunday Evening Session
7: 30 Sermon Harry Case
Week- End Guests Enter-tained
at Kingery Home
Mrs. Mabel Kingery and daughters
Dorothy and Katy, had as their week-end
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Dean of Indianapolis, and for Sun-day
dinner entertained Mrs. Alwilda
Hawkins, Mr. George W. Cates and
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pence. Afternoon
callers were Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Ladd
and children Margaret and James.
Entertain in Honor of Ninth
Wedding Anniversary Sun.
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Warnock and
daughter entertained in honor of their
nineth wedding anniversary Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Thurlow Saul of Koko-mo,
Mr. John McCan, Miss Jaunita
Horton of Sharpsville, and Mrs. Mae
McCan and daughters Monelle and
Grace.
THE GREENTOWN GEM
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THIRTY- SEVENTH YEAR
GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931
No. 34
Home Talent Play of Thirty-seven
Years Ago Is Recalled
THIEVES RANSACK 2
LOCAL STORES TUES.
Morning and Make Get- Away With
Approximately $ 225.00 Worth of
Loot.
CURREN GROCERY AND HIGH-WAY
CAFE VICTIMS OF ACT
Only Few Clues Left by the Robbers
— Night Watchmen To Be Placed
on Duty.
•
The Currens Grocery and the State
Highway Cafe were entered early
Tuesday morning by thieves and loot-ed
of merchandise and articles of ap-parel
to the amount of aproximately
§ e25.00.
The robbery was discovered about
4: 45 Tuesday morning when the two
business houses were opened for busi-ness.
The marshall, F. M. Garrett,
was immediately notified, who immed-iately
began an investigation, and
called the sheriff, Clifton L. Small,
who responded, accompanied by a
finger print expert from the police
department.
The sheriff and marshall went over
the ground thoroughly and announced
that they were unable to pick up any
clues of consequence, which they cared
to make public at this time. The cir-circumstance
of the robbery point to
some one well acquainted with the
lay of the land and the case is being
workfied on from that angle.
Entrance was gained through the
rear door to the kitchen of the cafe,
by bursting it in after prying the
casing loose. The thieves ransacked
the place, getting a suit of clothes, a
hunting coat, a new shot gun, shoes
and other wearing apparel left in the
cafe by the owners, and then looting
the cigar case, taking the 10 centers
and leaving the nickle ones, and help-ing
themselves to the candy. A dish
pan and soup bowls were also taken,
and a few pennies from the cash reg-isLer.
Entrance to the Curren grocery was
made through a door leading from
the cafe to the grocery in the parti-tion.
Here a jimmy was used and
the thieves were evidently familiar
with the locking system, as they in-serted
the jimmy at just the right
place to force the hook on the grocery
side of the door.
In the Curren store they ransacked
the shelves and the meat cooler in
their search for money which they
evidently believed hidden. Failing to
find on $ 2.50 in the registers, they pro-ceeded
to carry out prepared meats,
flour, coffee, soap - and other articles.
Coffee and flour was found stacked
in baskets on the floor giving rise to
the belief that they were frightened
away before finishing the job.
Paul Caldwell of the Highway Cafe
stated that his loss would amount to
approximately $ 150.00, and the Cur-rens
Bros. placed their loss at $ 75.00.
From the appearances it would in-dicate
that there were two and poss-ibly
three or four implicated in the
robbery. Authorities are working on
the case with the assumption that
the robbery was the work of a gang
having intimate knowledge of the.
two places.
Action was begun almost immed-iately
toward hiring night watchmen
for the town and it is said that the
business men have placed two watch-men
on the job, but they refuse to
divulge their names.
Friends Quarterly Meeting
at Kokomo This Week- End
Kokomo Quarterly meeting of the
Friends Church will be held in the
new Union St. Friends church on next
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The meeting on Friday is for the
ministry and Over- sight. The Satur-day
meeting begins at 10: 00 o'clock
A. M. Rev. Norval Webb, Pastor of
the Friends Church of Plainfield is
expected to be present and preach
the Word at the morning service.
A business meeting will be held in
the afternoon. Everybody is wel-come.
K. of P. Lodge to Attend
M. E. Revival in Body
All members of Clover Leaf Lodge
No. 330, K. of P., are requested to
meet at their Castle Hall at 7: 00
o'clock Thursday evening, from which
place the lodge will go to the M. E.
Church in a body to attend the revival
services now in progress. It is hoped
that a large number of the members
be present to favorably represent the
lodge.— E. E. Trott, C. C.
Union Alumni Association
To Meet Tuesday Evening
All members of the Union Town-ship
Alumni Association are reques-ted
to meet at the home of Miss An-nabel
Williams on Tuesday evening,
March 24.
CHRIST FOR ALL- ALL FC1 ChM."'
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111TVal
by will. a hag seamy lett, au/ a light atom P.–. 1.119
GOD WILL GUIDE. THEE— Be
ye not as the horse, or as the mule,
which have no understanding; whose
mouth must be held in with bit and
bridle. I will instruct thee and teach
thee in the way which thou shalt
go.— Psalm 32: 9,8.
PRAYER
" Guide me, 0 Thou Great Jehovah.
Pilgrim through this barren land."
FOR SALE— Gladioli Bulbs, all col-o•
rs.•— F• ra n• k G• ils o- n 2tp
• Remember the Sabbath Day, to •
• Keep It Holy.— Exodus 20: 8. •
" GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY •
• • • • • • • • . • •
OWEN OWENS SUC-CUMBS
SUNDAY EVE.
Prominent Citizens of East of Town
Succumbs After Extended Ill-ness.
FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY
AT MERIDIAN ST. CHURCH
Had Lived on Same Farm Approxi-mately
Sixty Years and Was
Widely Known
The Grim Reaper again came into
our community to call the life of one
of our most respected and well known
citizens back into the hands of its
Giver, when at 8: 30 o'clock Sunday
evening Owen Owens slipped from
this world into the next, peacefully
and quietly, after suffering from ill
health for an extended period of time.
A Complication of ailments was the
cause of death.
The deceased was of the late pio-neers
of Eastern Howard, coming to
the fare, on which ne reanied tor ap-proximately
sixty years, in 1872 with
his parents from Monroe County. He
was the son of Thomas H. and Matilda
Owens, and was born in Lawrence
County. He was thrifty and ambit-ious
and toiled faithfully on his farm
and was rewarded with quite a little
of this world's goods. In public
questions he was always active and
his jildgment sound, which fact often
made him sought out by friends for
advice on personal matters and mat-ters
of business policy.
Mr. Owens was a particular friend
of The Gem, . having been a continu-ous
subscriber since its birth in 1894,
and his name has always been a
source of much pride and satisfaction
by this paper, ' and the list will not
see me exactly right with his name
missing. Somehow men of his type
seem to make the community in which
they live just a wee bit better just
for the fact that he has lived there—
and we need more of them.
Surviving with the widow are one
daughter, Mrs. Ethel Wimmer of
Swayzee, a daughter- in- law, Mrs.
Ruth Owens of Kokomo, and three
grandchildren, Walter Glen and
Charles Owen Wimmer and John
Henry Owens. A son Walter J. Owens
passed away sonic eleven years ago.
He was born January 27, 1863, in
Lawrence County and came to How-ard
county with his parents in 1872.
The father died in 1880, leaving Owen
Os the chief support of the family.
He was united in marriage with
Amelia J. Green on December 24, 1884.
Funeral services occurred from the
Meridian Street Christian Church of
this place Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock, in charge of Greentown Lodge
No. 341, F. & A. M., the Rev. L. E.
Knox of Delphi officiating, assisted
by the pastor, Rev. Herschel L. Con-ley.
Burial was made in the I. 0. 0.
F. Cemetery.
Local Girl Married in Plate
City, Mo., February 24th
Mr. and Mrs. Orbs Sater announce
the marriage of their daughter Dc.
Vets to Agronom Folke Herman Ot-tosson
of Leavenworth, Kansas, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Adolphe Ot-tosson
of Ystad, Sweden.
The marriage took place February
24th in Platte City, Missouri. The
young people were attended by Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Albaugh of Leaven-worth,
Kansas.
The bride is a graduate of the lo-cal
High School, attended Marion
College, and Ball State Teachers Col-
, ege at Muncie. She is an accom-plished
musician, studied music in
Marion Colege, Jacksonville College
of Music in Jacksonville, Florida and
the David Griffin School of Music in
San Antonio, Texas. She was a Mu-sic
Supervisor in the schools of Jack-
,. ville, Florida.
The bridegroom is a graduate of
Ystad University and Alnarp Agricul-ture
College in Ystad, Sweden. He is
employed in an office in Leaven-worth,
where the young people will
make their home.
ganization styling themselves as the
Greentown Vaudeville Club, with
Willie Myers and Homer Smeltzer as
prominent members. Just what dis-posal
the club made of the scenery is
not known.
Getting back to " The Temple of
Fame" which represented a contest
Former Local Man Played-
Up in " Believe It or Not"
A former local man, Morton D.
Willcutts, Was given much prominence
through a pencil drawing of his facial
features in the famous " Believe it or
not" syndicated feature published by
many of the surrounding dailies. Mr.
Riplay points out under the drawing,
" M. D. Willcutts, M. D., Chief Sur-geon,
U. S. Naval Hospital, Great
Lakes, Ill." The peculiar feature of
the incident being the two M. D. s and
the name " Will- eutts" as chief sur-geon.
The drawing is a fair likeness of
Dr. Willcutts, and we are glad to hear
from him again even it is through
this unexpected manner. Mort has a
IA of friends back here in his old home
town" who will agree that there a
great deal more peculiarities about
Mort than his name, the greatest of
them being that he is real chap and
is making good in his profession, and
despite his rank and success has never
passed up a friend and failed to call
him by his first name on sight, and
we join in saying now, " Howdy Mort."
Friendship Class Organized
In New Salem S. S. Friday
—
The young married peoples class
of the New Salem Sunday School met
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Letis
Lamb Friday evening for reorganiza-tion.
The name " Friendship" has
been selected for the class. New of-ficers
are Theodore Keyton, president;
Leland Woodmansee, vice- president;
and Roxie Sheppard, secretary.
After the business of the evening
was concluded, a reading was given
by Francis Swope. The ladies quar-tette
gave two numbers. Contests
were introduced, Opal Lamb and Le-land
Woodmansee gaining the favors.
Refreshments of sandwiches fig
newtons and coffee were served by
the entertaining committee. The
class will hold their next meeting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lamb on Friday evening, April 3.
Infant Loy Child Buried
at Sharpsville Sunday
for a " Laurel Wreath" by notable
characters in history, and fiction. The
cast consisted of 45 characters, repre-senting
the best talent in the city in
song and recitation.
Below is the cast of characters. How
many do you know? If you remem-ber
the presentation of this play, give
The Gem a few lines about it, or if
you have some other long ago inci-dent
of interest, send it in.
The Cast of Characters
Goddess of Fame Dot Barber
Goddess's Maid Ada Hester
Miriam Grace Chalfant
Miriam's Maids— Stella Simpson, Stel-la
Chalfant, Pearl Reed, Frankie
Scott.
Queen Elizabeth Mrs. Will Mast
Sir Walter RaleighFrank Powell
Mrs. Partington Mrs. Allie Scott
Ike Partington Fred Burton
Queen Isabelle Emma Disbro
Christopher Columbus Will Reed
Leif Erickson____ S, V. Hollingsworth
Saphho Nina Stone
Topsy Dora Ruse
Mary, Queen of Scots
Bessie Friermood
Japanese Maiden Dora Parsons
Socrates Will Templin
Xantippe Mrs. Bessie Covalt
Sister of Mercy Eva Warden
Katrina Maggie Hester
Fritz Walter Truax
George Washington___ LW. 0. Nelson
Lady Washington __ Mrs. P. L. Bispop
Pocahontas Lella Covalt
Capt. John Smith Otie Marquis
Cleopatra Sadie Hurt
Cleopatra's Maids — Mabel Parsons,
Tessie Covalt.
Maud Muller Blanche Covalt
Grace Darling Cecile Bishop
Bridget O'Flanigan ____ Carrie Allen
Sailor Lad Scott Bull
Barbara Frietchie__ Lodie Kightlinger
Ruth Demma Curless
' Women's Rights Advocate
May Powell
Joan D'Arc - Carrie A. McCune
Little Jack Horner____ Fred Chalfant
Curly Locks Roxey Simpson
Her Suitor Silver Kightlinger
Little Tom Tucker Fred Covalt
Mother Goose's Children— Jim Swad-
Stella- Chamness, Ella Chalfant,
Carrie Covalt, Steve Willcutts, and
Walter Parsons.
Christopher C. Mills Rites
Held Here Monday P. M.
Christopher C. Mills, age 74 years,
a life long resident of this commun-ity
passed away Saturday, following
an illness of long duration, paralysis
being the immediate cause of death.
Mr. Mills was widely known in thie
community, and was burn in Henry
county March 10, 1857. He was unit-ed
in marriage to Australia Stone in
1880. The wife preceeded him in
death some six years ago, since which
time he has made his home with a
son, Orla Mills on the old home place,
where he succumbed. Other children
surviving are Mrs. Dollie Swisher and
Pearl Mills, both of this place. Five
children are deceased.
The funeral occurred from the Main
Str e e t Congregational Christian
Church Monday afternoon at two
o'clock, with the Rev. Omer McCoy
in charge, followed by interment in
Walberg cemetery.
Young Peoples Prayer
Band to Visit Marion Sat.
The members of the young peoples'
cottage prayer band will pay a visit
to Marion Saturday evening, joining
in a similar meeting at that place.
All planning to make the trip are re-quested
to meet at the City Hall at
6: 15 o'clock, and those who will furn-ish
machines are requested to meet at
the same place at 6: 00 o'clock. All
young people of the community are
invited to attend this meeting.
The service for next week will be
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Crousore on North Meridian street,
on Tuesday evening. All young people
are cordially invited.
TO READ NEW TESTAMENT
AT M. E. REVIVAL THURSDAY
As a special feature of worship,
the New Testament will be read at the
revival services at the M. E. Church
next Thursday. The service will be-gin
at 4: 00 o'clock in the morning and
continue throughout the day. The
readers will read for fifteen minutes
and be relieved by another. The aud-ienced
will be privileged to come and
go at will during the service.
This is a novel feature and no doubt
will prove a very popular one. The
public is cordially invited to attend
the service at any time during the
day or night.
Mr. and Mrs. John Trott and Mr.
JEROME MERCHANT
MISSING SINCE FEB.
Has Been Missing For More Than
Month— Left Machine on Street
at Kokomo and Disappeared
MUCH MYSTERY SURROUNDS
DISAPPEARANCE OF F. BURRIS
Report Due on Administratorship and
Relatives Ask Aid in Finding
Him.
The disappearance of Frank Burris,
prominent Jerome merchant, is as
I yet unsolved. He disappeared more
than a month ago, which fact became
known by the finding of his automo-bile
on the streets of Kokomo, since
which time so far as known, no one
has heard from him. The disappear-ance
has many mystery angles to it.
The Gem has been informed on the
case for the past month or more, but
the authorities on the case asked that
the facts be suppressed for the time
being for reasons known to them-selves
alone, and for that reason The
Gem has complied with the wishes of
the authorities, but for some reason
the facts were released and publish-ed
Tuesday.
The case is a long one and has to
do with the activities of the local mar-shall,
F. M. Garrett, who checked the
case from beginning to end. The im-mediate
cause of the matter being
let for publication was the fact that
relatives of Burris, who have interest
in the estate of Mary Burris, deceas-ed,
of which Mr. Burris is the ad-ministrator,
became alarmed by his
absence and sought the aid of Sheriff
Small in locating him. His report is
now due to the court.
Bank Robbery Suspected
The beginning of the case dates
back almost two months, when the new
bullet proof fixtures in the local bank
probably frustrated a robbery. Foi-
1 loaing , loae. 1e on the bank robbery
at a liamitton comity hank, a maeMne
drove alongside the curb in front of
the Osborn barber shop on South
Meridian street, and after much par-leying,
one of the men crossed the
street and studied the bank. His ac-tions
were suspicious and the party
was kept under surveilance. He re-turned,
and shortly after another one
of them went into the bank and stood
around quite a while, but transacted
no business.
He returned to the car and later
they went to the Cates restaurant for
dinner and in payment offered a ten
dollar bill, which the restaurant fail-ed
to change. He then offered a five
. iollar bill, but again the change was
refused. He then went to the bank
and had a twenty dollar bill changed.
More suspicions.
The next day one of the same men
tried to cash a check on Frank Burris
of a local filling station. Marshall
Garrett, already hot on the trail, took
the clue and learned that the check
vas given in payment. It is said that
aurris had bought aluminum ware of
the man and gave the check in pay-ment.
Garrett checked the men and
found out that there homes were in
Marion and that they were engaged
in doubtful business. In his effort to
and where the aluminum ware came
from he wrote railroad detectives and
soon was on the trail hot.
It is said that the detectives made
frequent visits to the Burris store
and located much of the stolen goods,
most of which Mr. Burris admitted
buying, claiming he had not known it
was stolen property.
The evening before disappearing,
3urris is said to have made a trip to
Tipton with a list of more goods he
had bought and turned it over to a
letective. From this time his where-abouts
have been a mystery so far
as his friends are concerned. Many
stories have gained wide circulation
but little credence has been given
them by his friends, who are standing
staunchly behind him in the matter,
but are at a loss to explain his con-tinued
absence.
Mr. Burris placed the store in the
hands of a brother- in- law, Mr. Afana-dor,
before leaving.
One of the men in the gang was
arrested last week, and placed in jail.
It is said that he made a confession
of his part in the robbing of railroad
cars and stores in Ohio and Indiana
and the selling of the goods at various
places.
Mr. Burris as administrator of the
estate of his mother, was due to make
his report to the court the past few
days, and relatives interested in the
estate, becoming worried over his con-tinued
absence, sought the aid of the
sheriff, Clifton L. Small, in locating
Mr. Burris, and the authorities have
indicated that they Will make every
effort to locate him and clear up the
mystery of his disappearance.
BIRTH
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dut-ton,
Sunday at the Good Samaritan
Hospital, a son named Richard Lee.
Legion and Auxiliary To
Attend Revival in Body
The local post of the American
Legion and Auxiliary will attend the
revival services at the M. E. Church
in a body next Monday evening. All
members and their families are re-quested
to meet in the basement of the
church at 7: 15 o'clock. Rev. Graham
is chaplain of the Legion. It is hoped
that a large turnout will respond to
the invitation.
Mrs. Lee Shrader spent Friday
afternoon in Kokomo.
Few of the present residents of
Greentown can delve back into their
memories and recall incidents as far
back as 1900, and still fewer cars go
back to the year 1894. Yet, there are
quite a number who hold vivid recol-lections
of incidents in the lives of
the young people of the year 1894,
when Greentown was quite a different
town from the present- day municipal-ity.
Some can recall the days of the
glass factory and the days of the
saloons, when Greentown was a , p-roarin'
good town of its day.
Passing these unpleasant recollec-tions
by, many prefer to recall more
happy occasions and incidents which
made life of that day happy and made
for the true spirit of neighborliness
and good will. Such an occasion was
brought to light last week, when
Mrs. Winnie Ayres uncovered a
gram ffoorr a home talent play given
in the Smith Opera House in Green-town
on Friday and Saturday even-ings,
August 3 and 4, 1894.
No doubt the sight of the program
started the old bee buzzing and the
incident was plainly enacted as of the
past few years. Mrs. Ayres displayed
the aged program at the Research
Club meeting last Thursday, and then
gave it to Mrs. J. F. Powell, who was
one of the characters in the home-talent
play it chronicled.
The program was printed by J. W.
Melton, founder of the Greentown
Gem, on manderin colored stock
black ink, set in type peculiar to that
period.
'' the Temple of Fame," advertised
as a musical, literary and spectacular
entertainment, by home talent under
the management of Miss Carrie A.
McCune. Do you recall the incident?
Not many can.
The scene of the play, the Smith
Opera House, was located over what
is now the Weaver and Trott stores,
and provided a fair size stage with
seating capacity for several hundred
people. The opera house was the Mother Goose
scene of many home talent plays and Mrs. S. V. Hollingsworth
road shows were engaged regulan y. Little Old Man Glen Powell
, The scenery belong Mg. to e.- I itle 01d Woman
was disposed of in 1908 to a; local ,, r- Little Miss Muifet__ Mabel Holliday
Jo Ellen, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jean T. Loy was interred
in the Sharpsville cemetery at 2: 30
P. M. Sunday with the Rev. Beardsley
of Swayzee conducting the service.
Mrs. Loy, who was formerly Eleanor Blanchard Trott were the Wednesday
Chase of Greentown, is convalescing guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hulling-at
the Howard County Hospital. . er and family.

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Yung Jakey Moss iz wundirin whut
berkaim uv er fawlse tuth uv hissen.
Hee doant no whethir he swallered
itt or sknezd itt oute, er whethir he
snord itt erwa whin he wuz sleepin
— but bee knoze itz goane fer shure.
Jakey owt knot ter he y enny trubil
wid wroastin yearz.
Marshul Garut iz non wreddy fer
his bachelure degree inn kuking. He
burnt upp tow knise messis uv syde
wribz whyl his wyfe wuz eras tuthir
weke— kno wundir Manda gott er tel-umgrame
ter kum bak att wunce, de
shickenz hey de wroupe.
Hainte wee gott fun— stait turns-mint
en non basebawl— en Marche
actin up sumpthin terribul. Houevir
we kin wrest inn ease nou dat de leg-uslashure
hez kwit.
QUARTERLY ASSOCIA-TION
AT FAIRFIELD
Separate Baptists To Hold One Hun-dred
and Twelfth Session on
March 29 and 30
SESSION TO OPEN SATURDAY
MORNING AT 10: 00 O'CLOCK
With Fine Program Outlined For the
Two- Day Meeting— R. 0. McCoy
and Harry Case to Preaeh
The one hundred and twelfth Quar-terly
Association of the Separate
Baptist in Christ will be held with
the Fairfield Church on Saturday and
Sunday, March 29 and 30. A fine pro-gram
has been outlined for the meet-ing,
as follows: •
Vrot- ning 9es5 iOn'
10: 00 Song Congregation
10: 10 Devotional Edd Eads
10: 20 Song Congregation
10: 30 Address of Welcome
Edd Snringer
10: 45 Prayer and Praise Meeting
Grant Morris
11: 40 Selection of Place of Next
Quarterly Meeting.
11: 55 Appointment of Committees.
12: 00 Adjournment ( Dinner at the
church.)
Afternoon Session
1 : 30 Song Congregation
1: 35 Devotional W. D. Peters
_ Mr. and Mrs. Glen Nephew
2: 00 Roll Call and Offering of the
Churches.
2: 15 Unfinished Business, New
Business, Roll Call of MM-isters
and Election of Offi-cers.
2: 30 Report of Committees.
2: 40 Reading Alice McNew
2: 50 Sermon Bro. Briggs
4: 00 Adjournment.
7: 00 Song
: 00 sonSess ion
Congregation
7: 15 Devotional Bro. Collins
7: 20 Song Quarette
7: 30 Sermon Glen Nephew
8: 00 Communion and Feet Wash-ing.
Sunday Morning Session
10: 30 Sermon R. 0. McCoy
Sunday Evening Session
7: 30 Sermon Harry Case
Week- End Guests Enter-tained
at Kingery Home
Mrs. Mabel Kingery and daughters
Dorothy and Katy, had as their week-end
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Dean of Indianapolis, and for Sun-day
dinner entertained Mrs. Alwilda
Hawkins, Mr. George W. Cates and
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pence. Afternoon
callers were Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Ladd
and children Margaret and James.
Entertain in Honor of Ninth
Wedding Anniversary Sun.
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Warnock and
daughter entertained in honor of their
nineth wedding anniversary Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Thurlow Saul of Koko-mo,
Mr. John McCan, Miss Jaunita
Horton of Sharpsville, and Mrs. Mae
McCan and daughters Monelle and
Grace.
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THIRTY- SEVENTH YEAR
GREENTOWN, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931
No. 34
Home Talent Play of Thirty-seven
Years Ago Is Recalled
THIEVES RANSACK 2
LOCAL STORES TUES.
Morning and Make Get- Away With
Approximately $ 225.00 Worth of
Loot.
CURREN GROCERY AND HIGH-WAY
CAFE VICTIMS OF ACT
Only Few Clues Left by the Robbers
— Night Watchmen To Be Placed
on Duty.
•
The Currens Grocery and the State
Highway Cafe were entered early
Tuesday morning by thieves and loot-ed
of merchandise and articles of ap-parel
to the amount of aproximately
§ e25.00.
The robbery was discovered about
4: 45 Tuesday morning when the two
business houses were opened for busi-ness.
The marshall, F. M. Garrett,
was immediately notified, who immed-iately
began an investigation, and
called the sheriff, Clifton L. Small,
who responded, accompanied by a
finger print expert from the police
department.
The sheriff and marshall went over
the ground thoroughly and announced
that they were unable to pick up any
clues of consequence, which they cared
to make public at this time. The cir-circumstance
of the robbery point to
some one well acquainted with the
lay of the land and the case is being
workfied on from that angle.
Entrance was gained through the
rear door to the kitchen of the cafe,
by bursting it in after prying the
casing loose. The thieves ransacked
the place, getting a suit of clothes, a
hunting coat, a new shot gun, shoes
and other wearing apparel left in the
cafe by the owners, and then looting
the cigar case, taking the 10 centers
and leaving the nickle ones, and help-ing
themselves to the candy. A dish
pan and soup bowls were also taken,
and a few pennies from the cash reg-isLer.
Entrance to the Curren grocery was
made through a door leading from
the cafe to the grocery in the parti-tion.
Here a jimmy was used and
the thieves were evidently familiar
with the locking system, as they in-serted
the jimmy at just the right
place to force the hook on the grocery
side of the door.
In the Curren store they ransacked
the shelves and the meat cooler in
their search for money which they
evidently believed hidden. Failing to
find on $ 2.50 in the registers, they pro-ceeded
to carry out prepared meats,
flour, coffee, soap - and other articles.
Coffee and flour was found stacked
in baskets on the floor giving rise to
the belief that they were frightened
away before finishing the job.
Paul Caldwell of the Highway Cafe
stated that his loss would amount to
approximately $ 150.00, and the Cur-rens
Bros. placed their loss at $ 75.00.
From the appearances it would in-dicate
that there were two and poss-ibly
three or four implicated in the
robbery. Authorities are working on
the case with the assumption that
the robbery was the work of a gang
having intimate knowledge of the.
two places.
Action was begun almost immed-iately
toward hiring night watchmen
for the town and it is said that the
business men have placed two watch-men
on the job, but they refuse to
divulge their names.
Friends Quarterly Meeting
at Kokomo This Week- End
Kokomo Quarterly meeting of the
Friends Church will be held in the
new Union St. Friends church on next
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The meeting on Friday is for the
ministry and Over- sight. The Satur-day
meeting begins at 10: 00 o'clock
A. M. Rev. Norval Webb, Pastor of
the Friends Church of Plainfield is
expected to be present and preach
the Word at the morning service.
A business meeting will be held in
the afternoon. Everybody is wel-come.
K. of P. Lodge to Attend
M. E. Revival in Body
All members of Clover Leaf Lodge
No. 330, K. of P., are requested to
meet at their Castle Hall at 7: 00
o'clock Thursday evening, from which
place the lodge will go to the M. E.
Church in a body to attend the revival
services now in progress. It is hoped
that a large number of the members
be present to favorably represent the
lodge.— E. E. Trott, C. C.
Union Alumni Association
To Meet Tuesday Evening
All members of the Union Town-ship
Alumni Association are reques-ted
to meet at the home of Miss An-nabel
Williams on Tuesday evening,
March 24.
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GOD WILL GUIDE. THEE— Be
ye not as the horse, or as the mule,
which have no understanding; whose
mouth must be held in with bit and
bridle. I will instruct thee and teach
thee in the way which thou shalt
go.— Psalm 32: 9,8.
PRAYER
" Guide me, 0 Thou Great Jehovah.
Pilgrim through this barren land."
FOR SALE— Gladioli Bulbs, all col-o•
rs.•— F• ra n• k G• ils o- n 2tp
• Remember the Sabbath Day, to •
• Keep It Holy.— Exodus 20: 8. •
" GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY •
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OWEN OWENS SUC-CUMBS
SUNDAY EVE.
Prominent Citizens of East of Town
Succumbs After Extended Ill-ness.
FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY
AT MERIDIAN ST. CHURCH
Had Lived on Same Farm Approxi-mately
Sixty Years and Was
Widely Known
The Grim Reaper again came into
our community to call the life of one
of our most respected and well known
citizens back into the hands of its
Giver, when at 8: 30 o'clock Sunday
evening Owen Owens slipped from
this world into the next, peacefully
and quietly, after suffering from ill
health for an extended period of time.
A Complication of ailments was the
cause of death.
The deceased was of the late pio-neers
of Eastern Howard, coming to
the fare, on which ne reanied tor ap-proximately
sixty years, in 1872 with
his parents from Monroe County. He
was the son of Thomas H. and Matilda
Owens, and was born in Lawrence
County. He was thrifty and ambit-ious
and toiled faithfully on his farm
and was rewarded with quite a little
of this world's goods. In public
questions he was always active and
his jildgment sound, which fact often
made him sought out by friends for
advice on personal matters and mat-ters
of business policy.
Mr. Owens was a particular friend
of The Gem, . having been a continu-ous
subscriber since its birth in 1894,
and his name has always been a
source of much pride and satisfaction
by this paper, ' and the list will not
see me exactly right with his name
missing. Somehow men of his type
seem to make the community in which
they live just a wee bit better just
for the fact that he has lived there—
and we need more of them.
Surviving with the widow are one
daughter, Mrs. Ethel Wimmer of
Swayzee, a daughter- in- law, Mrs.
Ruth Owens of Kokomo, and three
grandchildren, Walter Glen and
Charles Owen Wimmer and John
Henry Owens. A son Walter J. Owens
passed away sonic eleven years ago.
He was born January 27, 1863, in
Lawrence County and came to How-ard
county with his parents in 1872.
The father died in 1880, leaving Owen
Os the chief support of the family.
He was united in marriage with
Amelia J. Green on December 24, 1884.
Funeral services occurred from the
Meridian Street Christian Church of
this place Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock, in charge of Greentown Lodge
No. 341, F. & A. M., the Rev. L. E.
Knox of Delphi officiating, assisted
by the pastor, Rev. Herschel L. Con-ley.
Burial was made in the I. 0. 0.
F. Cemetery.
Local Girl Married in Plate
City, Mo., February 24th
Mr. and Mrs. Orbs Sater announce
the marriage of their daughter Dc.
Vets to Agronom Folke Herman Ot-tosson
of Leavenworth, Kansas, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Adolphe Ot-tosson
of Ystad, Sweden.
The marriage took place February
24th in Platte City, Missouri. The
young people were attended by Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Albaugh of Leaven-worth,
Kansas.
The bride is a graduate of the lo-cal
High School, attended Marion
College, and Ball State Teachers Col-
, ege at Muncie. She is an accom-plished
musician, studied music in
Marion Colege, Jacksonville College
of Music in Jacksonville, Florida and
the David Griffin School of Music in
San Antonio, Texas. She was a Mu-sic
Supervisor in the schools of Jack-
,. ville, Florida.
The bridegroom is a graduate of
Ystad University and Alnarp Agricul-ture
College in Ystad, Sweden. He is
employed in an office in Leaven-worth,
where the young people will
make their home.
ganization styling themselves as the
Greentown Vaudeville Club, with
Willie Myers and Homer Smeltzer as
prominent members. Just what dis-posal
the club made of the scenery is
not known.
Getting back to " The Temple of
Fame" which represented a contest
Former Local Man Played-
Up in " Believe It or Not"
A former local man, Morton D.
Willcutts, Was given much prominence
through a pencil drawing of his facial
features in the famous " Believe it or
not" syndicated feature published by
many of the surrounding dailies. Mr.
Riplay points out under the drawing,
" M. D. Willcutts, M. D., Chief Sur-geon,
U. S. Naval Hospital, Great
Lakes, Ill." The peculiar feature of
the incident being the two M. D. s and
the name " Will- eutts" as chief sur-geon.
The drawing is a fair likeness of
Dr. Willcutts, and we are glad to hear
from him again even it is through
this unexpected manner. Mort has a
IA of friends back here in his old home
town" who will agree that there a
great deal more peculiarities about
Mort than his name, the greatest of
them being that he is real chap and
is making good in his profession, and
despite his rank and success has never
passed up a friend and failed to call
him by his first name on sight, and
we join in saying now, " Howdy Mort."
Friendship Class Organized
In New Salem S. S. Friday
—
The young married peoples class
of the New Salem Sunday School met
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Letis
Lamb Friday evening for reorganiza-tion.
The name " Friendship" has
been selected for the class. New of-ficers
are Theodore Keyton, president;
Leland Woodmansee, vice- president;
and Roxie Sheppard, secretary.
After the business of the evening
was concluded, a reading was given
by Francis Swope. The ladies quar-tette
gave two numbers. Contests
were introduced, Opal Lamb and Le-land
Woodmansee gaining the favors.
Refreshments of sandwiches fig
newtons and coffee were served by
the entertaining committee. The
class will hold their next meeting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lamb on Friday evening, April 3.
Infant Loy Child Buried
at Sharpsville Sunday
for a " Laurel Wreath" by notable
characters in history, and fiction. The
cast consisted of 45 characters, repre-senting
the best talent in the city in
song and recitation.
Below is the cast of characters. How
many do you know? If you remem-ber
the presentation of this play, give
The Gem a few lines about it, or if
you have some other long ago inci-dent
of interest, send it in.
The Cast of Characters
Goddess of Fame Dot Barber
Goddess's Maid Ada Hester
Miriam Grace Chalfant
Miriam's Maids— Stella Simpson, Stel-la
Chalfant, Pearl Reed, Frankie
Scott.
Queen Elizabeth Mrs. Will Mast
Sir Walter RaleighFrank Powell
Mrs. Partington Mrs. Allie Scott
Ike Partington Fred Burton
Queen Isabelle Emma Disbro
Christopher Columbus Will Reed
Leif Erickson____ S, V. Hollingsworth
Saphho Nina Stone
Topsy Dora Ruse
Mary, Queen of Scots
Bessie Friermood
Japanese Maiden Dora Parsons
Socrates Will Templin
Xantippe Mrs. Bessie Covalt
Sister of Mercy Eva Warden
Katrina Maggie Hester
Fritz Walter Truax
George Washington___ LW. 0. Nelson
Lady Washington __ Mrs. P. L. Bispop
Pocahontas Lella Covalt
Capt. John Smith Otie Marquis
Cleopatra Sadie Hurt
Cleopatra's Maids — Mabel Parsons,
Tessie Covalt.
Maud Muller Blanche Covalt
Grace Darling Cecile Bishop
Bridget O'Flanigan ____ Carrie Allen
Sailor Lad Scott Bull
Barbara Frietchie__ Lodie Kightlinger
Ruth Demma Curless
' Women's Rights Advocate
May Powell
Joan D'Arc - Carrie A. McCune
Little Jack Horner____ Fred Chalfant
Curly Locks Roxey Simpson
Her Suitor Silver Kightlinger
Little Tom Tucker Fred Covalt
Mother Goose's Children— Jim Swad-
Stella- Chamness, Ella Chalfant,
Carrie Covalt, Steve Willcutts, and
Walter Parsons.
Christopher C. Mills Rites
Held Here Monday P. M.
Christopher C. Mills, age 74 years,
a life long resident of this commun-ity
passed away Saturday, following
an illness of long duration, paralysis
being the immediate cause of death.
Mr. Mills was widely known in thie
community, and was burn in Henry
county March 10, 1857. He was unit-ed
in marriage to Australia Stone in
1880. The wife preceeded him in
death some six years ago, since which
time he has made his home with a
son, Orla Mills on the old home place,
where he succumbed. Other children
surviving are Mrs. Dollie Swisher and
Pearl Mills, both of this place. Five
children are deceased.
The funeral occurred from the Main
Str e e t Congregational Christian
Church Monday afternoon at two
o'clock, with the Rev. Omer McCoy
in charge, followed by interment in
Walberg cemetery.
Young Peoples Prayer
Band to Visit Marion Sat.
The members of the young peoples'
cottage prayer band will pay a visit
to Marion Saturday evening, joining
in a similar meeting at that place.
All planning to make the trip are re-quested
to meet at the City Hall at
6: 15 o'clock, and those who will furn-ish
machines are requested to meet at
the same place at 6: 00 o'clock. All
young people of the community are
invited to attend this meeting.
The service for next week will be
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Crousore on North Meridian street,
on Tuesday evening. All young people
are cordially invited.
TO READ NEW TESTAMENT
AT M. E. REVIVAL THURSDAY
As a special feature of worship,
the New Testament will be read at the
revival services at the M. E. Church
next Thursday. The service will be-gin
at 4: 00 o'clock in the morning and
continue throughout the day. The
readers will read for fifteen minutes
and be relieved by another. The aud-ienced
will be privileged to come and
go at will during the service.
This is a novel feature and no doubt
will prove a very popular one. The
public is cordially invited to attend
the service at any time during the
day or night.
Mr. and Mrs. John Trott and Mr.
JEROME MERCHANT
MISSING SINCE FEB.
Has Been Missing For More Than
Month— Left Machine on Street
at Kokomo and Disappeared
MUCH MYSTERY SURROUNDS
DISAPPEARANCE OF F. BURRIS
Report Due on Administratorship and
Relatives Ask Aid in Finding
Him.
The disappearance of Frank Burris,
prominent Jerome merchant, is as
I yet unsolved. He disappeared more
than a month ago, which fact became
known by the finding of his automo-bile
on the streets of Kokomo, since
which time so far as known, no one
has heard from him. The disappear-ance
has many mystery angles to it.
The Gem has been informed on the
case for the past month or more, but
the authorities on the case asked that
the facts be suppressed for the time
being for reasons known to them-selves
alone, and for that reason The
Gem has complied with the wishes of
the authorities, but for some reason
the facts were released and publish-ed
Tuesday.
The case is a long one and has to
do with the activities of the local mar-shall,
F. M. Garrett, who checked the
case from beginning to end. The im-mediate
cause of the matter being
let for publication was the fact that
relatives of Burris, who have interest
in the estate of Mary Burris, deceas-ed,
of which Mr. Burris is the ad-ministrator,
became alarmed by his
absence and sought the aid of Sheriff
Small in locating him. His report is
now due to the court.
Bank Robbery Suspected
The beginning of the case dates
back almost two months, when the new
bullet proof fixtures in the local bank
probably frustrated a robbery. Foi-
1 loaing , loae. 1e on the bank robbery
at a liamitton comity hank, a maeMne
drove alongside the curb in front of
the Osborn barber shop on South
Meridian street, and after much par-leying,
one of the men crossed the
street and studied the bank. His ac-tions
were suspicious and the party
was kept under surveilance. He re-turned,
and shortly after another one
of them went into the bank and stood
around quite a while, but transacted
no business.
He returned to the car and later
they went to the Cates restaurant for
dinner and in payment offered a ten
dollar bill, which the restaurant fail-ed
to change. He then offered a five
. iollar bill, but again the change was
refused. He then went to the bank
and had a twenty dollar bill changed.
More suspicions.
The next day one of the same men
tried to cash a check on Frank Burris
of a local filling station. Marshall
Garrett, already hot on the trail, took
the clue and learned that the check
vas given in payment. It is said that
aurris had bought aluminum ware of
the man and gave the check in pay-ment.
Garrett checked the men and
found out that there homes were in
Marion and that they were engaged
in doubtful business. In his effort to
and where the aluminum ware came
from he wrote railroad detectives and
soon was on the trail hot.
It is said that the detectives made
frequent visits to the Burris store
and located much of the stolen goods,
most of which Mr. Burris admitted
buying, claiming he had not known it
was stolen property.
The evening before disappearing,
3urris is said to have made a trip to
Tipton with a list of more goods he
had bought and turned it over to a
letective. From this time his where-abouts
have been a mystery so far
as his friends are concerned. Many
stories have gained wide circulation
but little credence has been given
them by his friends, who are standing
staunchly behind him in the matter,
but are at a loss to explain his con-tinued
absence.
Mr. Burris placed the store in the
hands of a brother- in- law, Mr. Afana-dor,
before leaving.
One of the men in the gang was
arrested last week, and placed in jail.
It is said that he made a confession
of his part in the robbing of railroad
cars and stores in Ohio and Indiana
and the selling of the goods at various
places.
Mr. Burris as administrator of the
estate of his mother, was due to make
his report to the court the past few
days, and relatives interested in the
estate, becoming worried over his con-tinued
absence, sought the aid of the
sheriff, Clifton L. Small, in locating
Mr. Burris, and the authorities have
indicated that they Will make every
effort to locate him and clear up the
mystery of his disappearance.
BIRTH
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dut-ton,
Sunday at the Good Samaritan
Hospital, a son named Richard Lee.
Legion and Auxiliary To
Attend Revival in Body
The local post of the American
Legion and Auxiliary will attend the
revival services at the M. E. Church
in a body next Monday evening. All
members and their families are re-quested
to meet in the basement of the
church at 7: 15 o'clock. Rev. Graham
is chaplain of the Legion. It is hoped
that a large turnout will respond to
the invitation.
Mrs. Lee Shrader spent Friday
afternoon in Kokomo.
Few of the present residents of
Greentown can delve back into their
memories and recall incidents as far
back as 1900, and still fewer cars go
back to the year 1894. Yet, there are
quite a number who hold vivid recol-lections
of incidents in the lives of
the young people of the year 1894,
when Greentown was quite a different
town from the present- day municipal-ity.
Some can recall the days of the
glass factory and the days of the
saloons, when Greentown was a , p-roarin'
good town of its day.
Passing these unpleasant recollec-tions
by, many prefer to recall more
happy occasions and incidents which
made life of that day happy and made
for the true spirit of neighborliness
and good will. Such an occasion was
brought to light last week, when
Mrs. Winnie Ayres uncovered a
gram ffoorr a home talent play given
in the Smith Opera House in Green-town
on Friday and Saturday even-ings,
August 3 and 4, 1894.
No doubt the sight of the program
started the old bee buzzing and the
incident was plainly enacted as of the
past few years. Mrs. Ayres displayed
the aged program at the Research
Club meeting last Thursday, and then
gave it to Mrs. J. F. Powell, who was
one of the characters in the home-talent
play it chronicled.
The program was printed by J. W.
Melton, founder of the Greentown
Gem, on manderin colored stock
black ink, set in type peculiar to that
period.
'' the Temple of Fame," advertised
as a musical, literary and spectacular
entertainment, by home talent under
the management of Miss Carrie A.
McCune. Do you recall the incident?
Not many can.
The scene of the play, the Smith
Opera House, was located over what
is now the Weaver and Trott stores,
and provided a fair size stage with
seating capacity for several hundred
people. The opera house was the Mother Goose
scene of many home talent plays and Mrs. S. V. Hollingsworth
road shows were engaged regulan y. Little Old Man Glen Powell
, The scenery belong Mg. to e.- I itle 01d Woman
was disposed of in 1908 to a; local ,, r- Little Miss Muifet__ Mabel Holliday
Jo Ellen, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jean T. Loy was interred
in the Sharpsville cemetery at 2: 30
P. M. Sunday with the Rev. Beardsley
of Swayzee conducting the service.
Mrs. Loy, who was formerly Eleanor Blanchard Trott were the Wednesday
Chase of Greentown, is convalescing guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hulling-at
the Howard County Hospital. . er and family.